Question

II. Give reasons for the following:
1.When iodine solution is put on a cut potato it turns dark blue ?


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Answer 1

Answer:

When few drops of iodine fall on starch substance, blue- black colour is observed. This is because of the formation of starch-iodine complex that gives blue colour. Thus, this property of Iodine is generally used to test the presence of starch.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Question

Give reasons for the following :

1. When iodine solution is put on a cut potato it turns dark blue ?

Solution

When we drops a iodine on potato then we know that it is a starch substance, Dark blue- black colour is observed. so it's observe because of the of starch-iodine complex that gives dark blue colour to potato .